Gordon was born in Saint John on June 2, 1939 and was the son of the late William and Ada (Carter) Fraser. Dad was a man of few words, but that was because he would rather tell jokes. That was his way of testing people. If you laughed, he told more. If you weren't offended, he told you "inappropriate" jokes. That was his way. His most popular joke was..." did you hear about the mother whos baby was born with whiskers??? She was some tickled..... Or why would you never see the Queen wave with this hand..... because it's mine! He had a joke for every occasion, and rarely repeated the same joke twice. Dad was a family man. He loved his brothers and sisters and family reunions were something he always looked forward to. We kids have fond memories of visits with Rena at the Exhibition in Saint John, putting too much chip dip on the chip at Aunt Tootsies, and being clipped in the ear by Uncle Bun. His other sisters, who are twins, he kept in touch with by phone and visits. His old stomping grounds were the glades where as a boy he would skate up the river for miles, show off riding his pedal bike backwards while sitting on handle bars, and see what mischief he could get into with his Grandmother. He loved tormenting his brother Bun by sneaking up behind and tickling with a piece of grass or something. Bun would eventually slap his own head to "kill" the invisible fly...He would enjoy teasing his sisters who were raised by Catholic nuns at one time, by telling them "inappropriate" jokes just to make them blush. "Laugh it up he would say...it's good for you!" Dad was a researcher. He loved true crime books, mysteries and especially unsolved ones. He would love nothing more than to have "solved" the mystery through his research. He would take off out of the blue and be gone the whole day. Only to get a phone call that night or the next day telling us he went to some church in the middle of no where to see if he could find the grave of someone or the location of their old homestead. I can tell you that he wasn't at all GSP savy. He purchased a GPS one day because it was that or onstar. He called me one day and growled about the "dam thing not working and was going to throw it out the window". So I wrote down instructions on how to use it... Another call...so I physically showed him...another call...another visit. And you ask yourself right now.... did he ever learn do you think???? NO.... Dad loved to go to the horse races. As a family we would go every Saturday and watch the races. We would sit in the same place, and we kids would explore the grandstands discovering treasures and chasing pigeons. Dad would sit with his buddies and talk up a storm, race down between races and place his bet! Dad was an animal lover. To say he loved them would be an understatement really. He had the patience to train just about any animal to do whatever he wanted. Elmer, his German Sheppard was trained to grab his own food dish and bring it to the car when he asked him if he was going to town. He would also spit out food if dad said.... "The old woman made that" Sandy was his last four legged friend. She was rescued from the SPCA from a family who obviously abused her. His gentle way gave her the recuperation she needed and the friendship he needed. It is our belief that her passing took the spark out of him that never returned..... Constant teasing of us kids was relentless. Sometimes the teasing were lessons like in Roger's case. He was always warned about sitting on top of the stove burners that he would break them. So one day dad walked by and very clever of him, turned on the burner. I have never seen him move so fast then or since! Bradley was not favored in this category either. He was an avid hunter. One day dad took one of the frozen rabbits he was saving to sell and propped it up down the path to his hunting grounds.... bang....bang....bang!!! For myself, I remember an incident where the electrical box was down in the basement where we lived. He would sneak down and flip the switch and agitate us with watching cartoons. Until one time, I sat on the steps going down so he couldn't and we could watch our beloved cartoons..... guess what I missed? We used to have an old black and white tv that dad charged up every Saturday for Hockey Night in Canada and every day for mom's Another World. One day.... the program was pre-empted for one reason or another and dad threatened to phone the network because mom was "growling". At the house, there were treasures everywhere! Sarah remembers the large magnet Grampy had that she played with. Picking up metals all over the place. Daniel was not left out of the teasing about girlfriends and extensions??? Laura remembers him always telling her that she was going to be a big girl and playing the game croquenau. He would sometimes let her win. Myranda remembers his teasing with hugs good bye. He would say be a good boy just to get a rouse out of her. That and his famous.... telling the kids to go into the other room and saying he can make them come out before he counted to 5..... 1,2,3,4.... Samantha's was "Oh I was going to ask you something but I can't remember, do you remember what it was Samantha??? Which was for her...... Did she have a boyfriend! We can't forget Jesse either. Dad used to give Jesse one of those "freezer mugs" UNFROZEN. He could see the liquid move but couldn't understand why there was no liquid in the mug? Grampy could drink it, why couldn't he??? Grampy's legacy and fondest memory was of his tractor and wagon rides! All the kids loved them and would line up for them. I even have pictures of the bigger kids like Aunt Dottie and Judy hitching a ride. If you ever talked to dad on the phone, you would note that he never said good bye. That was his way...and he never hung up first..... Unless you were an unfortunate telemarketer! He had fun with some of them..... Gordon will be lovingly remembered by his daughter Connie Middleton of Sussex; his sons: Roger and his wife Silvia of Penobsquis and Bradley of Sussex; the mother of his children, Doris Fraser; his grandchildren: Daniel, Sarah, Laura, Myranda, Samantha and Jesse;his sisters: Dorothy Fraser of Quebec and Dena Miller of Saint John as well as several nieces and nephews. Mr. Gordon Charles Lindsay Fraser of Penobsquis, passed away at home on March 5, 2015. He was predeceased by his brother William Fraser (Bun), and his sisters: Ada Melanson (Tootsie) and Laurena MacEwen. Arrangements have been entrusted to the compassionate care of Wallace Funeral Home, 34 Sunnyside Drive, Sussex, (506-433-1176). There will be no visitation held in keeping with Gordon's wishes. A service celebrating Gordon's life will be held from the Wallace Community Chapel on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 1pm. If you are considering making a memorial donation, the family has recommended the SPCA. www.wallacefuneralhome.com